Example sentences of "[prep] their [noun] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As has already been said , if the bereaved person has a supportive family or friends or somewhere like a church group where they can talk about their response to loss in an open way then this may be all the help they need . |
| 2 | Talk and write about their responses to literature , taking account of matters such as the development of the plot , interactions between characters , central themes , and the use of language . |
| 3 | Talk and write about their responses to literature , taking account of matters such as dramatic , poetic or fictional structure , complexities of plot , development of character and theme , and the use of poetic or stylistic devices . |
| 4 | ‘ They care about their promises to Anchor International more than their duty to the people , ’ he said . |
| 5 | What about their relation to evidence ? ) |
| 6 | The facilitator functions as an advocate of the originator , their guide through the corporate labyrinth , and as their bridge to management . |
| 7 | The political and social tensions thrown up by this strategy became visible in the plans for the rescue and reform of prostitutes which feminists put forward as their alternative to regulation . |
| 8 | Without the Higher Force Challenge , a scheme to help wean young offenders off their addictions to crime , they would either be in jail or in hospital — victims of paramilitary punishment squads . |
| 9 | Well , more so , actually , than South African Prime Minister D. F. Malan , who , on being introduced to Dudley Nourse 's 1951 Springboks during their visit to Parliament in Cape Town on the eve of their departure for the 1951 tour of England , had said to the legendary Nourse : ‘ I hope you are enjoying your visit to South Africa . ’ |
| 10 | Many education and business strategies never achieve significant change through their service to partnership ; at best they are effective support work , at worst they are irrelevant . |
| 11 | Busy parents can justly retort that they have so little time to check on their children , that they can not always follow through their threats to discipline them . |
| 12 | Through this account we have found deliberate boundaries created by class members through their claims to status and their strategies of social closure . |
| 13 | But more than that , a democratic government , like any other , exists to uphold and enforce a certain kind of society , a certain set of relations between individuals , a certain set of rights and claims that people have on each other both directly , and indirectly through their rights to property . |
| 14 | The Catering guild achieve their high standards and premium service through their commitment to recruitment selection and continued training . |
| 15 | These have implications for their approach to Information Management and more particularly to the management of electronic records . |
| 16 | Aggie had explained to Ben what had turned out to be the reason for their invitation to tea ; and now she broke into his silence by saying , ‘ Well ! |
| 17 | I will talk to our major clients in the industry to get a gut feel for their reactions to product B. We can then make the decision . ’ |
| 18 | The panel system is also used by audience research for their reactions to radio and television programmes . |
| 19 | We examined an unselected group of 150 civilians who had suffered accidents sufficiently serious for their admission to hospital . |
| 20 | In July , 200 supermarket staff will begin the trial scheme to enable them to gain a qualification for their day to day retailing abilities . |
| 21 | singer Blackie Lawless has blasted America 's moral pressure group Washington Wives for their campaign to clampdown on heavy metal music . |
| 22 | If parents keep cool and explain fully why they are saying no , they make it easier for their daughter to back down without losing face . |
| 23 | The Castle Cup , happily run on a league basis again , was stretched into a four-day competition to prepare South Africans for their return to Test cricket . |
| 24 | You can enjoy these pictures for their truth to nature , their communication of experience which so many of us have shared . |
| 25 | But , as usual , the list also pays tribute to hundreds of individuals for their contributions to politics , the Civil Service and the armed forces . |
| 26 | It follows that careful monitoring of patients for their susceptibility to depression before prescribing mood-altering drugs would be a wise precaution . |
| 27 | For their gift to civilisation |
| 28 | Indeed , in periods of transition the class affiliation of members of the state apparatus can further the interests of the non-hegemonic class : ‘ it creates the conditions for their accession to power ’ ( Poulantzas 1973 , pp. 337–8 ) . |
| 29 | This was seen as a way to reward the unions for their opposition to Nazism , as well as a way to foster good industrial relations . |
| 30 | The English were already noted for their addiction to beer — a luxury perhaps to the peasant , but a luxury very widely consumed . |